• Perez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0276

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error in denying motions to suppress evidence

  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0111

    Sufficient Evidence Was Presented at Trial to Corroborate Accomplice's Testimony of Defendant's Involvement in Crime

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0166

    No Brady Violation From Delayed Disclosure of Crime Scene Technician's Failure to Find Fingerprints on Shell Casing

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses

  • Raffensperger v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Maximillian James Changus, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melissa Angeleah Tracy, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Renee D. Flaherty, (Institute for Justice), Arlington, Jaimie Cavanaugh, (Institute for Justice), Minneapolis, for appellee; Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant; Anthony L. Cochran, Emma Cramer, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Maxwell Kent Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Eugene R. Curry, (Law Office of Eugene R. Curry), Barnstable, Joseph Diedrich, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Madison, Rebecca C. Furdek, (Husch Blackwell LLLP), Milwaukee, Abraham James Spung, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Chattanooga, Glenn A. Delk, (Lightmas & Delk), Atlanta, Wilson C. Freeman, (Pacific Legal Foundation.), Sacramento, Timothy Sandefur, (Scharf-Norton Center For Constitutional Litigation), Phoenix, Madison Hunter Kitchens, John Franklin Sacha, Jr., Seth Isaac Euster, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0017

    Statute Requiring Certification of Lactation Care Providers Violated Due Process Right to Practice Their Chosen Profession

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  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0063

    No Showing Made That Combined Trial of Drug-Sales and Murder Chargers Confused or Misled Jury

  • King v. King, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Andersen, (Skinner Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael T. Fackler, John C.W. Cherneski, (Miliam Howard Nicandri & Gilliam, P.A.), Jacksonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Q0105

    Court determines that if a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose, failure to adhere to that duty may constitute a breach of a fiduciary duty

  • Ward v. Medina

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ronald Edwards Daniels, (Daniels Taylor Law LLC), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Chei-Ming Chen, (Steven C. Chen PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0264

    Court affirms grant of habeus relief to defendant who involuntarily pled guilty to armed robbery on the basis of affirmative misrepresentations

  • Moody v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Morrison, (The Morrison Firm), Atlanta, Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Michael Boland Admirand, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S23P0046

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes and a sentence of death over defendant's multiple challenges and in view of statutory requirements for the death penalty

  • Smith, Warden v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer, Chris Alviz. Alexandra Hofstetter, Lilly Nickels, Taylor Rinberger, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0224

    Court affirms petition for habeus relief where petitioner, who was convicted of child molestation, made claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel